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Andrew McFarland Learn Diary, 1873-1877
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20 Tuesday {in?} N clear {"cold" written above "clear"}
Done choars Ann
White washed. pide com
had a calf. Witers and
wife and Duglass to tea
21 Wednesday in N clear {"cold" written above "clear"}
to Belmont fone noon
Alvin husked conn
Mother here
22 Thursday {in?} N clear
fixed fence Alvin tohelp Phileman at pen
let hin have flour 33 lb
let Abbott have oats 9 1/2
bushel traded calves with Edwin
23 fryday {in?} SWNE {"at night" written above "SWNE"} snow
plowed afternoon Alvin
husked corn phileman
finished hen pen his
wife here to tea Mrs
winters here To help Ann
24 Saturday in NW cloudy {"cold" written above "cloudy"}
To Belmont got from
Newon 20 lb sugar 2 yds
carpet. phileman boiled
sap Alvin To help.
Randall home at night
25 Sunday {in?} W clear
to 2 church with us john
Learn and wife To tea
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